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Freezes, floes and the future

Nature volume 462, pages 572–573 (2009)Cite this article

The story of Earth's glaciers and ice caps is key to understanding climate science, but this kaleidoscopic account lacks a strong narrative, argues Johannes Oerlemans.

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  1. Johannes Oerlemans is professor of meteorology at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands. j.oerlemans@uu.nl ,

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